1.4.01 (14.03.2015)
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- Added: A full-screen (non-scaling) option is now available during start-up!
- Added: You can now disable monthly studio upkeep tax when starting a new game
- Added: Start-up options now available from the main menu
- Change: AI studios are now more competitive during the summer months
- Change: Increased amount of screenwriters produced yearly
- Change: The "welcome new talent" page now includes new directors, producers and screenwriters
- Change: The grid views are now more attractive and more identifiable
- Change: Increased delay between typing number values and them being converted, now right aligned
- Fixed: Bug which sometimes didnt display the correct screenwriters list
- Fixed: Bug where by selecting a writer without a job required a screenwriters page restart
- Fixed: Bug which criticised your studio in the board meeting if your studio rank was too high
- Fixed: Bug which sometimes didnt enable auto-save when creating a new save file
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes and game changes
1.4.00 (30.12.2014)
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- Added: 20 new character avatars to the game
- Change: Tweaked how sales are calculated
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes and game changes
1.3.06 (07.10.2014)
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- Fixed: Bug which crashed the game randomly at the New Film/Purchase Rights page
- Fixed: Colour correction done throughout the game
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes and game changes
- Versions 1.3.05 rolled into 1.3.06
1.3.04 (07.09.2014)
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- Added: 47 new sub-genre's added to the game! New genres include: Cyberpunk, Dystopia, Monster, Fairy Tale, Comic, Gangster, Post-Apocalypse, etc.
- Added: 'Max All' buttons added to the bank screen
- Added: Additional helpful tips to the game for new players
- Change: AI studios are now more competitive when it comes to summer charts
- Change: Tweaked how sales are calculated if you release an inappropriate movie for the era
- Change: New talent generated is generally younger than before
- Change: Unsigned actors are no longer 'busy' after filming has completed and freed up for another film
- Change: Legal staff now effect contract negotiation
- Fixed: Family-friendly genres are no longer pitched with inappropriate themes!
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes and game changes
1.3.03 (15.07.2014)
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- Added: Back button added to the notepad to return to previous screen
- Change: Optimized code to decrease loading times throughout the game
- Change: Tweaked how the Script Office affects gameplay
- Change: Tweaked how some film grosses are calculated
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes and game changes
1.3.02 (26.06.2014)
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- Change: Optimized code to decrease loading times throughout the game
- Change: You can now start the game from 1927-2020 (previously 1927-2013)
- Change: Even more talent is generated each year to keep talent hiring fresh
- Change: When creating a new save, auto-save is automatically turned on
- Change: Actor salaries are now capped at $38,000,000 per film
- Fixed: Bug which caused actors to occasionally ask for above their original negotiation amount
- Fixed: Bug which would occasionally cause Runtime 13 crash on the Film Series screen
- Fixed: Romance genre was mislabeled 'Biography' on marketing screen
- Fixed: The 'Pitch' screen now centers correctly when being moved by the user
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes and game changes
1.3.01 (14.06.2014)
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- Change: The game window is now moveable
- Change: Script writing processes have now been tweaked to better reflect screenwriters' skill
- Change: The Script Office facility now gives 5-star scripts for all scriptwriters
- Change: Tweaked how salaries are calculated
- Fixed: Bug which crashed the game (Runtime 381) when more than 18 movies were in production at once
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes and game changes
1.3.00 (10.06.2014)
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- Added: Create a Poster feature has now been added to the game!
- Change: Search results now give EXACT returns instead of 'closest' matches
- Change: Your movies will now be highlighted during the award shows if nominated
- Fixed: Production budget in the Film Series screen would occasionally go blank
- Fixed: Tweaked the tutorial slightly
- Fixed: Bug which would cause an achievement to get stuck at the Film Premiere
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes and errors
1.2.00 (07.06.2014)
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- Added: You can now sort each list by Name, Salary and Star Power
- Added: New random scripting events
- Added: You can now view talent attributes via the Talent Agency and Contracted pages
- Added: New award ceremony logos
- Added: New film titles and descriptions added to the database
- Change: Tweaked how performances for Directors and Producers are calculated
- Change: More talent is now generated each year
- Change: 'Summer' blockbusters now calculate depending on what hemisphere its released
- Change: Removed restriction to play outdated save files but please pay attention to any warnings
- Fixed: Bug which would occasionally crash the game if attempting to purchase a film script
- Fixed: Net Gain/Loss on the premiere screen now includes all finances for the film
- Fixed: News article which stated the date for highest grossing films of the year was one ahead
- Fixed: Bug where achievements would get 'stuck' if two were achieved at once
- Fixed: Award ceremony logos are now showing up properly
- Fixed: Additional smaller bug fixes
1.1.09 (03.06.2014)
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- Added: Film posters will now appear in certain articles on your Headlines page
- Added: Release Year has now been added to the Filmography hover information
- Change: You can now view your cast even after the movie has been Greenlit
- Change: Outdated sound stages no longer contribute to your score rating - just the best ones
- Fixed: Bug which would occasionally crash the game if attempting to purchase a film script
- Fixed: When changing pages sometimes the In Production page would not reset properly
1.1.08 (31.05.2014)
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- Added: Script elements are now added automatically to a sequel
- Change: Various buttons have been changed throughout the game to better suit their purpose
- Fixed: Sometimes not all talent would be displayed in their respective lists
- Fixed: Small error when creating a new entry in a series the title would be named after the sequel
- Fixed: Bug which resulted in a crash when a missing poster could not be found on the computer or had been moved
1.1.07 (30.05.2014)
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- Added: Contracted talent is now highlighted in the list to see easier
- Added: 167 new film titles to the database
- Change: Bank repayment buttons have been changed from $50k to $1mil per click
- Change: You can now no longer market your film until post-production has finished
- Change: Clapping audio for the award ceremony to be softer
- Fixed: Bug which would give a negative film gross if budgets were maxed out
- Fixed: Small bug which would sometimes display a casting role as 'open' after it had been filled
- Fixed: Bug which would sometimes display dead actors as alive resulting in a crash
- Fixed: Bug which would sometimes wipe your film location selection and display an empty city dropdown
- Fixed: The board would tell you off for having a number #1 studio!
- Fixed: You can no longer select 'empty' spaces from the In Production menu
- Fixed: You can no longer buy an invisible script from Purchase Rights that resulted in a crash
- Fixed: Small error resulting from owning the Editing Facility and being given a false estimated date when entering post-production
- Fixed: Bug which (when exiting the game) closed the application anyway even if selecting 'No' from the popup menu
1.1.06 (28.05.2014)
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- Fixed: Bug which crashed the game when opening up the Award Ceremony
- Fixed: Bug which caused Runtime 393 when hiring actors for your film
- Fixed: Bug which caused Overflow error when maxing out your budget for a film
- Fixed: Bug which crashed the game if you had a negative budget when attempting to create a film
1.1.05 (28.05.2014)
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- Added: Auto-Save feature has been added. Can be activated from the Game Options menu
- Added: Certain genres/adaptations/special effects are locked out until they are actually 'invented'
- Added: You can now jump straight to one of your films from the Headlines page if the article relates
- Change: You can no longer name your film after one already made in your filmography
- Change: Rebooting a series has now been rolled into the selling option
- Fixed: Bug which allowed you to create duplicate films of the same title
- Fixed: Bug which caused Runtime 13 crash when opening up the Film Series
- Fixed: Bug which caused Runtime 9 when trying to hire new talent from the Talent Agency
- Fixed: Bug which sometimes crashed the Check for Updates search
- Fixed: Small error which displayed a number instead of the title of someone in the Talent Agency
- Fixed: Small bug which sometimes displayed older dates in the Headlines as occurring "This Month"
- Fixed: GUI repositioning problem for bottom navigation
- Fixed: Some messages displayed grammatical errors corrected
1.1.04 (26.05.2014)
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- Added: Option to "Max All" in the Staff screen
- Added: You can now select your film location and city
- Change: Film location now affects overall budget
- Change: The Talent Agency has been given an overhaul to make it easier to navigate
- Change: Trailers now cost more to produce but will give a better payoff in sales
- Fixed: Major bug which caused actor/director/producer lists to appear blank on non-English systems
- Fixed: Major crashes when hiring talent from the agency and end of year causing Runtime Error 13 and 9
- Fixed: Bug where you were able to contract talent for below their worth
- Fixed: Bug which allowed you to release a movie before post production has finished
- Fixed: Certain in-game events now only occur in specific years
1.1.03 (25.05.2014)
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- Added: Marketing now presents you with an recommended budget for marketing your films
- Added: Various new "help" icons around the game to explain more gameplay features
- Added: Film hype has been added to the Marketing page to compliment "primary audience"
- Change: The game will now remember your decision to turn sound on/off and will only ask once at startup
- Change: Replaced budget/advertising budget controls with sliders
- Change: The game will now display which image types can be imported for posters/logos
- Fixed: Bug which sometimes caused the game to crash when you changed the title
- Fixed: Bug which caused the cheat field to type backwards
- Fixed: Bug which crashed the game when entering zero for starting funds
- Fixed: Bug which changed the home video format to blank
1.1.02 (09.02.2014)
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- Added: Screenwriters are now generated along with new talent
- Fixed: Bug which would cause save files to become corrupted if bank loans were overdue
- Fixed: Bug which caused the Filmography to lose its structure
- Fixed: Minor bugs relating to how achievements are earned
- Tweaked how Film/Sound technology is allocated when starting a new game
- Additional small tweaks and changes
1.1.01 (03.02.2014)
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- Fixed: Bug which would cause the Film Premiere to display blank data if a scheduling conflict occured
- Fixed: Minor bug which would sometimes give you more than 1 home video sales message
- Fixed: Minor bug which gave you the Box Office Smash! achievement prematurely
- Fixed: The talent pool screen now displays the correct gender for each person
- Tweaked the search functions to allow for better search results
- Additional small tweaks and changes
1.1.00 (01.02.2014)
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- Added: You can now establish Film Series
- Added: You can now earn Achievements in the game by accomplishing certain goals
- Added: Annual Board Meeting now includes additional stats; Top 10, yearly achievements, etc
- Added: Top 10 Highest Grossing Films of the Year screen now available in the Box Office menu
- Added: A new screen has been added to the World Premiere to include fan reception
- Added: You can now view cast member stats on the film premiere screen by hovering over their name
- Added: Filmography list view now includes the release year next to each film
- Added: Screenplay revision news events now display what items were boosted during writing
- Added: Visual representation of cast quality in the film premiere screen
- Added: 20 new character avatars
- Added: New random scripting events
- Added: Customised certain events to correspond to certain movie types (i.e. adaptations)
- Added: Option to turn off Award Ceremonies from the Headlines feed
- Fixed: The game no longer requires FM20.DLL which caused 'Out of Memory' errors for some users
- Fixed: Bug which would give Runtime Error '383' when loading a game with an Animation film in production
- Fixed: Bug which would give Runtime Error '6' when the scores got too high in the Staff screen
- Fixed: Bug which didn't correctly calculate Hall of Fame data properly
- Fixed: Bug which wouldnt let you upgrade your film/sound technology beyond a certain point
- Tweaked the Screenwriters page so its easier to select the attributes you want
- Tweaked screenplay revisions/rewrites so its not as hard to get 5-star scripts
- Tweaked the sales system to better reflect film quality
- Tweaked how R18+ movies sales are handled
- Optimized database loading in various parts of the game
- Additional small tweaks and changes throughout the game (revisions, additional graphics, etc)
- Showtime! installer is now Windows 8 compatible
1.0.06 (22.11.2013)
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- Added: "Staff" have been added which influence certain in-game events and movies; replacement feature for the percentage based upkeep system
- Added: New random scripting events added to the game
- Added: "Studio Ranks" button added to the Box Office drop-down
- Fixed: Bug which displayed the incorrect Screenwriter stats when hiring
- Fixed: Bug which attached an actor to every film, regardless of casting choices
- Fixed: When you have to recast a role you now get your entire film budget back
- Fixed: The 'production budget' in Filmography now includes all expenses of production
- Fixed: Renaming your sequel will no longer incur a 10% drop in film hype
- Tweaked sales algorithm slightly
- Tweaked the search functions to be a little more precise
1.0.05 (29.09.2013)
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- Added: A ton of new random scripting events to the game
- Added: 10 new character avatars to the game
- Added: Portraits now added to news events where applicable
- Added: A few more 'help' buttons to understand things a little easier
- Fixed: Bug which kept the months counting up which led to crashes/freezing
- Tweaked the monthly interest rate your studio pays
1.0.04 (11.09.2013)
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- Fixed: Major bug from version 1.0.3 that presented the wrong actor/director/producer info
- Fixed: Search bug which would give incorrect matches
- Fixed: Minor error in 1.0.3 which misaligned the Cast & Crew screen (fixed in re-release of 1.0.3)
- Optimized the loading of talent into the game
1.0.03 (09.09.2013)
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- Added: You can now 'Discover' new talent from the Talent Agency
- Added: The Sales Report screen has expanded to include 'Last Year' data
- Added: A stats pop-up which allows you to see info of those you've attached to your movies
- Fixed: Runtime Error 7 when sometimes clicking 'Finish Month' in December
- Fixed: Bug which crashed the game when the movie was put on hiatus
- Fixed: Bug which sometimes removed the classification from the premiere/box office
- Fixed: Bug which froze the game when sometimes buying a film script or creating a sequel
- Fixed: 'Spent to Date' now includes talent salaries
- Fixed: No longer will your scripts go down in quality in revision
- Tweaked talent salaries earned after each movie
1.0.02 (03.09.2013)
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- Added: Editor is now included with the game package
- Added: You can now speed up the award ceremony'
- Fixed: Runtime Error 6 when choosing excessive number for 'game will end after' value
- Fixed: Runtime Error 383 when clicking on 'Finish Month' close to releasing a film
- Fixed: Monthly rent changed from $1,200 to a 4% and 12% fixed value (depending on studio income)
- Fixed: You can no longer spend more on a movie then you actually have
- Fixed: Bug which caused the contracts page to duplicate names
- Fixed: Bug which caused AI studios to earn over a trillion dollars
- Fixed: Bank error which only allowed $49 million to be borrowed
- Fixed: Bug which caused the bank to take all your facilities even when you repaid the loan
- Fixed: Advertising budget now updates itself when you enter a value
- Fixed: Sales reports and statistical graph now updates to all box office income
- Fixed: Purchasing Film Rights now shows up on the sales report
- Fixed: You can no longer 'Remove' action events in the news feed
- Fixed: Bug which caused the yearly evaluation to constantly give you negative scores on your films
- Fixed: Minor errors and spelling mistakes
- Fixed: Bug which allowed you to hire the same talent twice
- Sales algorithms have been tweaked slightly
1.0.01 (01.09.2013)
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- Added: A few more random scripting events to the game
- Added: 17 new actor portraits added to the game
- Fixed: Bug which would display a number of 0's in the casting view
- Fixed: Bug which crashes the game when you set your funds value to $0
- Fixed: Tutorial lady accidentally gives wrong directions at startup
- Fixed: Awards won now shows up on the Studio Rank screen
- Fixed: Runtime Error 9 bug when releasing a second movie
- Possible fix for Runtime Error 383 when clicking on 'In Production'